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2February 1951
$0.10

Big Town #2

DC · February 1951 · on sale 1950-12-20

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Identification plate

Series
Big Town (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#2
Publication date
February 1951
Key date
1951-02-00
On-sale date
1950-12-20
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Human Bomb!cover1pencils: Dan Barry; inks: Dan BarrySteve Wilson
1Tops in Comics!promo (ad from the publisher)1
2The Flying City Room!comic story10script: Ed Herron; pencils: Dan Barry; inks: Sy BarrySteve Wilson
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
6The Gangster Boss of Small Town!comic story10script: Ed Herron; pencils: Dan Barry; inks: Sy Barry
8-comic story0.75script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffJerry; Lois
10The Dubious Alibi!comic story8pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer
11-comic story0.75script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
13Panic Stalks the Forest at the Dread Cry of "Warpath!"promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred RayTomahawk; Dan Hunter
14Traffic Troublestext article2pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry; colors: Raymond Perry
15The Human Bomb!comic story10script: Ed Herron; pencils: Dan Barry; inks: Sy BarrySteve Wilson
16-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffShorty
20The World of Adventure in Bookspublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerGreen Arrow; Tomahawk; Shining Knight

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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